ShapeShift Electroactive Polymer Sheets

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January 26th, 2012October 14th, 2015 3

DIY methods for electroactive polymer actuators are hard to come by, and none of them are kitchen-counter simple. But compared to the wet chemical methods circulating in the academic research community, the purely mechanical process documented in this video from the Swiss ShapeShift project is relatively accessible. Click here to skip the how-to and go straight to the action shots. [via Hack a Day]